Storms in Hawaii in 1997
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Hawaii in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Hawaii in 1997 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 353
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $4.7 million
- Episodes
- 174
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Surf | 219 | 6 | 2 | |
| Flood | 70 | 0 | 0 | $24,000 |
| High Wind | 29 | 0 | 0 | $4.1 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $585,000 |
| Waterspout | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 1 to 2, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 2, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 2 to 3, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 3, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 3, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 3, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 4, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, January 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, January 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, January 4, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 4 to 5, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 5, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 8 to 9, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 10 to 12, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 12 to 14, 1997
- Waterspout in Hawaii, January 15, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 16 to 17, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 16 to 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 19, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 19, 1997
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, January 19 to 20, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 19 to 20, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 20, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 20 to 24, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 21, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 21, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 21, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 23 to 26, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 27 to 28, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 27 to 29, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 28 to 29, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Hawaii, January 29, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 30 to 31, 1997
February 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 3 to 4, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 7 to 9, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 10 to 12, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, February 12, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, February 12, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 12 to 15, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 15 to 17, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 22 to 24, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, February 22 to 23, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, February 24 to 26, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, February 24 to 26, 1997
- Winter Storm in Hawaii, February 25 to 27, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 25 to 26, 1997
- Winter Storm in Hawaii, February 25 to 27, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 27 to 28, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, February 28, 1997
March 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 6 to 7, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 6 to 7, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 7, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 9, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 11, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, March 11, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 11, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 11, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 14, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 16, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 16, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 16 to 18, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 16 to 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 16 to 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 17 to 18, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Hawaii, March 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 17 to 18, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 23, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 23, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 24 to 25, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 24, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, March 24, 1997
April 1997
- Waterspout in Hawaii, April 1, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, April 2 to 4, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, April 2 to 3, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, April 3, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, April 8, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, April 11, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, April 11 to 12, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, April 21 to 22, 1997
May 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, May 5, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, May 6, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, May 6, 1997
- Waterspout in Hawaii, May 6, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, May 7, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, May 7 to 8, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, May 11 to 12, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, May 13, 1997
- Waterspout in Hawaii, May 13, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, May 15, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, May 21 to 25, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, May 25, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, May 31, 1997
June 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, June 10, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, June 18, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, June 19 to 21, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, June 19 to 20, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, June 25, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, June 25, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, June 26, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, June 27 to 29, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, June 30, 1997
July 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, July 8 to 9, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, July 29 to 30, 1997
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, July 30, 1997
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, July 30, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, July 30, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, July 30, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, July 31, 1997
August 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, August 1 to 2, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, August 8 to 10, 1997
- Waterspout in Hawaii, August 12, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, August 13, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, August 13, 1997
- Waterspout in Hawaii, August 14, 1997
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, August 15, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, August 15, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Hawaii, August 15, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, August 15, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, August 15, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, August 15 to 16, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, August 16, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, August 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, August 17, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, August 17, 1997
September 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, September 13 to 14, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, September 14, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, September 21, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, September 21, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, September 21, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, September 23 to 25, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, September 30, 1997
October 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, October 4, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, October 4 to 5, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, October 7 to 8, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, October 9, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, October 9, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, October 9, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, October 10, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, October 10, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, October 14, 1997
- Waterspout in Hawaii, October 20, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, October 27 to 29, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, October 31, 1997
November 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, November 1 to 2, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, November 5 to 6, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, November 10, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, November 11, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, November 16 to 17, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, November 18, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Hawaii, November 18, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Hawaii, November 18, 1997
- Hail in Hawaii, November 18, 1997
- Hail in Hawaii, November 18, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Hawaii, November 18, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, November 18 to 19, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Hawaii, November 18, 1997
- High Wind in Hawaii, November 19 to 20, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, November 21 to 22, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, November 29 to 30, 1997
December 1997
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.